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Thousands of UK e-tailers may be breaking the law by failing to comply with the Data Protection Act, a report released Tuesday by the London Chamber of Commerce (LCC) said. The Data Protection Act of 1998 requires that Web sites inform visitors how information that visitors provide will be used...

If you blinked last month, you might have missed a small item in the news about venerable entertainment trade publication "Variety." The company's Web site, Variety.com has started charging users for content. Surprised? Why? Because suddenly words are not free on the Internet any longer? Get u...

"Back the Net Day"? Why not just call it "Back Away from the Net Day"? Nothing is more repulsive than desperation, and this effort makes it sound as if the Internet is sticking its hand up one last time before going under for good. This isn't about baby seals or endangered whales or old growth for...

Troubled Internet consultancy MarchFirst announced Monday that it will lay off 1,700 employees, or 30 percent of its staff. The company also said that it was selling some of its operations to Divine, a Chicago-based Web enterprise software and services firm, in a deal that could be worth up to ...

E.piphany (Nasdaq: EPNY) was down US$1.75 at $8 in morning trading Tuesday, after lowering its outlook for the first quarter ended March 31st. The San Mateo, California-based maker of customer relationship management (CRM) software said it expects a loss of 40 cents per share, before amortizatio...

Inktomi (Nasdaq: INKT) was down US$2.40 at $3.82 in morning trading Tuesday, after the software maker joined others in the Internet industry in lowering its outlook for the quarter just ended and announcing plans to cut jobs. The Foster City, California-based maker of Internet infrastructure so...

Under pressure brought on by the softening online advertising market, Internet powerhouse Yahoo! announced Monday that it will start offering premium financial services and content for a monthly fee. According to the Santa Clara, California-based company, the new service will stream unlimited ...

Entrust Technologies (Nasdaq: ENTU) fell US$2.59 to $4.69 in morning trading Tuesday, after lowering its expectations for the first quarter because of a slowdown in corporate software spending. The company said it expects a loss from operations of 32 to 34 cents per share for the quarter ended Mar...

Internet powerhouse eBay is gearing up to move beyond its auction listings base with an e-commerce hosting service, according to a report published Monday in an industry journal. The new venture, which would be rolled out within several months, reportedly would allow businesses to set up branded fi...

Although the number of electronic income tax returns filed through the first week of March in the U.S. rose 36 percent compared to last year, many more consumers are spurning online tax filing methods because they do not provide enough security, ease and versatility. According to the U.S. Intern...

Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD) fell 16 cents to US$5.13 Monday morning, after the online brokerage said it would cut about 170 jobs -- reportedly 7 percent of its workforce -- in coming weeks. Most of the jobs being eliminated are at call centers in Omaha, Nebraska, and Fort Worth, Texas, according to A...

Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) picked up 69 U.S. cents to $3.22 in morning trading Monday, after reaffirming its financial targets for the first half of this year. Priceline, the Norwalk, Connecticut, travel services e-tailer, said that results for the first quarter will probably come in at the "favo...

A single act of "economic mass victimization" is likely to hit a broad spectrum of e-commerce customers in the next two years, according to a report released Friday by Gartner. Stamford, Connecticut-based Gartner said that the theft will occur in small amounts over a widespread base and go undetec...

Art Technology Group (Nasdaq: ARTG) fell US$4.25 to $7.75 in morning trading Monday, after the e-commerce software maker said that it expects a wider loss for the first quarter ended March 31st as customers cut back on technology spending. While revenue for the quarter likely rose to $40 million to...

Despite the general reluctance of Canadians to shop online, there are new signs of e-commerce growth in Canada. "Towards the end of this year, we'll really start to see the critical mass (in Canada) starting to adopt online shopping, and on the business-to-business side as well we expect a lot of ...